CVE-2010-4055 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the IBM solidDB database service by sending a crafted packet to TCP port 1315, causing memory exhaustion.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2010-4055?
CVE-2010-4055 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Oct 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Stack consumption vulnerability in solid.exe in IBM solidDB 6.5.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and daemon crash) by connecting to TCP port 1315 and sending a packet with many integer fields, which trigger many recursive calls of a certain function.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4055?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Soliddb.
How do I fix CVE-2010-4055?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-4055 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2010-4055 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4055 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f7f9-2whw-qx53.